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Mark Goddard

Handsome, brown-haired, hazel-eyed, 6ft tall American actor born in Lowell, Massachusetts and educated at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. The youngest of five children, he grew up in Scituate, Mass. A top student in high school as well as the captain of the baseball and basketball team. Studying acting at New York's Academy of Dramatic Arts, he landed a co-starring role in 'Johnny Ringo', Robert Taylor's 'The Detectives' and 'Many Happy Returns' before being cast as Major Don West in the cult classic 'Lost In Space' series. During the 1970s and 80s, he worked steadily in a variety of television roles and in 1990 wrote the screenplay for the feature film 'Stepkids'. Now a full-time teacher, he and his first wife, Marcia Rogers married in 1961. They had two children, Melissa and Bill. His second wife was actress Susan Anspach.